East Two + 7 comprises previously unreleased tracks from one of Sun Ra’s most productive periods: 1972-73. Those two hectic years saw Sun Ra recording numerous albums, staging concerts, teaching at Berkeley, acting in and composing the score for a full-length movie, embarking on a multi-album (though ill-fated) major label deal, and touring the U.S. and Europe.
The title track, “East Two,” is one of two pieces on this album originating at a two-day October 1972 session at Chicago’s Streeterville Studios. That workshop produced two entire albums: Ra’s major label debut, Space Is the Place (issued on Blue Thumb — and not to be confused with the film and soundtrack of the same title), and Discipline 27-II (released on Ra’s own Saturn imprint).

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